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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • alfaroukwilliam@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "willi03 Gazeta.pl" <willi03@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: williams_suzan01@live.com
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:31:29 +0000
Subject: From Williams and Suzan


From Williams and Suzan

My Dearest one,

We are Williams and Suzan Alfarouk from Republic of Sierra Leone, presently
here in Ivory Coast. Our late father was serving as director of the cocoa
exporting board until his death in our home town Sierra Leone.

He died in the hospital after a brief illness when he came back from his
business trip on March 2007. Before his death he deposited in the sum of
($18.3M)Eighteen million three hundred thousand USD in his foreign account
with one of the bank here in Cote d'Ivoire.

We have prayed before contacting you with the trust in God that you will be
of help to me and my sister with the current political situation in Ivory
Coast now, We are seeking for your honest assistance to transfer this money
to your account for a good investment project in your country and also
relocate to your country to further our study.

We want you to do us a favour to help us retrive this fund out of the banks
custody in your name as the foreign partner and invest this fund in a
benefitable investment in your country for the future of our lifes.

Please if you are willing to assist us indicate your interest in sending to
Us the following information:
Your full name and address.....
Your marital status.............
Your occupation.................
Your country of Origin..........
Your telephone number..........

We will be pleased to offer to you 15% of the total fund for your kind
assistance. And please try and get back to us through our private email
address(alfaroukwilliam@yahoo.fr) for more discussions if you are willing
help us out, it is very important. Please dont forget to get to us from our
email address.

Thanks and God bless
Williams and Suzan Alfarouk

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